Ken Burns

Traces the evolution of scientific genetics, focusing on how it is used to identify treatments for various types of genetic diseases.

Explores the consequences of the Eighteenth Amendment and raises questions about the role of government in legislating morality.

A biography of world champion boxer and political activist Muhammad Ali.

Biographical history of the three men responsible for developing radio as a broadcast medium: Lee de Forest, Edwin Howard Armstrong, and David Sarnoff.

America is in the midst of the Great Depression, with jazz called upon to lift the spirits of a frightened country. Benny Goodman, struggling to howld his band together, embarks on a disastrous cross-country tour. In the Palomar Ballroom in Los Angeles, however, young people go wild when Goodman's men begin to play the jazz they love, and the Swing Era is born.

Ken Burns documents the worst man-made ecological disaster in American history, when a frenzied wheat boom on the southern Plains, followed by a decade-long drought during the 1930s, nearly swept away the breadbasket of the nation. Vivid interviews, dramatic photographs, and seldom-seen movie footage bring to life incredible stories of human suffering and perseverance. Includes bonus features.

Ken Burns's two-part, four-hour documentary explores the revolutionary life of one of the 18th century's most complex and consequential figures, whose work and words unlocked the mystery of electricity and helped create the United States.

Recounts Mark Twain's life told primarily through his own words. Includes interviews with Hal Holbrook, Arthur Miller, William Styron and many others.

The Vietnam War: A Film by Ken Burns and Lynn Novick Ken Burns and Lynn Novick's ten-part, 18-hour documentary series, The Vietnam War, tells the epic story of one of the most consequential, divisive, and controversial events in American history as it has never before been told on film. Visceral and immersive, the series explores the human dimensions of the war through revelatory testimony of nearly 80 witnesses from all sides -- Americans who fought...

One of 10 episodes tracing the history of Jazz from its roots in the African-American community of New Orleans to its heights and continuing presence, this video features Benny Goodman, Billie Holiday, Chick Webb, and other artists.